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No. 19: Solo (Grosvenor) and Chorus

"I'm a Waterloo House young man"

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Enter Grosvenor, followed by all the 'every-day young girls', who are followed by Chorus of Dragoons. He has had his hair cut, and is dressed in an ordinary suit of dittoes and a pot hat. They all dance cheerfully round the stage in marked contrast to their former languor.

Bunthorne surrounded by 'every-day young girls.' (1961-2)
Grosvenor.

I'm a Waterloo House young man,
A Sewell & Cross young man,
A steady and stolidy, jolly Bank-holiday,
Every-day young man.

Girls.

We're Swears & Wells young girls,
We're Madame Louise young girls,
We're prettily pattering, cheerily chattering,
Every-day young girls.

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